na.zah denotes ritual sprinkling of blood and can also describe blood spattering onto garments or a wall.

The dominant use describes a directed ritual action in which blood is sprinkled with a finger at specified sacred locations, often seven times. In two Qal contexts, the term describes blood or lifeblood spattering onto a wall, horses, or garments amid violent trampling.

1. Ritually applying blood by sprinkling · dominant

   In Leviticus 4:6 and Leviticus 4:17, the Hiphil form follows the priest's dipping his finger in blood and the APB renders blood being sprinkled seven times before the LORD. Leviticus 16:14 and Leviticus 16:19 likewise place the action on and before the mercy seat, and on the altar, with the stated repetition of seven times.

   Leviticus 4:6Leviticus 4:17Leviticus 16:14Leviticus 16:19Numbers 19:4Leviticus 5:9
2. Blood spattering in violent action · occasional

   In 2 Kings 9:33, the Qal sequential imperfect occurs where the APB says her blood “spattered on the wall and on the horses” after she was released and trampled. In Isaiah 63:3, the Qal imperfect occurs in the speaker's trampling of peoples, where the APB renders their lifeblood as “sprinkled upon my garments.”

   2 Kings 9:33Isaiah 63:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the Hiphil ritual clauses with “sprinkle,” especially where blood is applied with a finger. In the Qal clauses, it renders the outcome as blood that “spattered” or lifeblood “sprinkled”.